I just recieved my new laptop: a Dell XPS M1530 pre-installed with Ubuntu. I plan on doing 7 posts related to the M1530. I will not, however, be doing them all in a row, so don't worry.
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WineConf 2008 keynote address from Alexandre Julliard
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Here is a flash video of the 2008 Wineconf keynote address given by Alexandre Julliard the lead maintainer the Wine project. Alexandre was one of the first developers of Wine back when the project first started in 1993. In 1994, he assumed the responsibility for maintaining the Wine project, and has led the project ever since then.
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In-cell charting in Calc
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In-cell charting is not a new idea: do a quick Web search, and you'll find quite a few examples of how to create in-cell charts. While most of these examples are designed to work with Excel spreadsheets, you can easily use in-cell charting techniques in Calc.
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Brilliant Brainstorms #29 - Copy, Copy, Paste What?
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Brilliant Brainstorms is a weekly summary of some of the best/most interesting brainstorms from the Ubuntu Brainstorm site.
(Disclaimer: my idea.) When you are trying to copy multiple pieces of information, it is easy to get confused about what you have copied right now.
my favourite open source applications for Windows
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Using Windows as a free software enthusiast is isn’t always easy but often people don’t have a real choice and nothing can be done. But that doesn’t mean you have to abandon free software altogether salving one’s conscience. I’ll leave Firefox out of the List.
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Trying Linux on your Windows system
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A Windows user who wants to evaluate Linux, or any other alternative operating system, on their current system has a large number of options. In this article, we will look at those options for the busy Windows user who is evaluating Linux, wants to use open source applications, but doesn't want to lose access to their Windows system.
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Build It: A Sub-$250 Desktop PC
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Why spend more than you should on a cheap PC that you buy retail? In less than 30 minutes, you can build an ultra-low-budget Linux PC that can handle a multitude of everyday tasks.
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How to Setup Yahoo!zimbra Desktop in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)
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Zimbra software is open source, meaning we make both the software code and the application itself available to anyone at no charge. Also, Zimbra Desktop is a full version; there are no missing features or catches.
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Linux Kernel Magic SysRq keys in openSUSE for crash recovery
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The Linux Kernel offers you something that allows you to recover your system from a crash or at the least lets you to perform a proper shutdown using the Magic SysRq Keys. The magic SysRq key is a select key combination in the Linux kernel which allows the user to perform various low level commands regardless of the system’s state using the SysRq key.
Read more »Firefox 3.0.3 update available now
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"As announced, and earlier than expected, a quick Firefox update has been released to fix a single bug that prevented some users accessing their saved passwords..."
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Insert Page Numbers in Openoffice Writer
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Nothing is more frustrating than needing to change something very simple only to find yourself waste precious time figuring out where to find it or how to do it. If you want to insert page numbers into your OpenOffice Writer document you came to the right place. I’ll be using OpenOffice 3.0 RC1 to explain page numbering in a few quick steps.
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Firefox to update the update which screwed up my passwords
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Well that is OK then. No sooner has Mozilla updated Firefox to 3.0.2 and broken my saved passwords so they cannot be accessed, nor can I create new ones, than it announces it is 'working real hard' to get Firefox 3.0.3 out to fix the mess.
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Wine Weekly News: Issue 352
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his is the 352 issue of the World Wine News publication. Its main goal is to prepare the world for WineConf 2008. It also serves to inform you of what's going on around Wine. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of it as a Windows compatibility layer.
Read more »Mandriva Linux 2009 RC2 released
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Mandriva has today released Mandriva Linux 2009 RC2, the last pre-release before the final release. 2009 is a significant release, featuring KDE 4.1.1 as the default desktop, GNOME 2.24, Firefox 3, OpenOffice.org 3, kernel 2.6.27 and many more significant updates. It also comes with a redesigned installer and Mandriva Control Center.
Read more »How to Use more than 3GB RAM on 32-bit Ubuntu
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Currently It seems that the current 32 bit editions of Ubuntu can only take advantage of 3GB (sometimes a little more) of physical memory.I am having a ubuntu desktop with 5GB RAM and i want to use all the available memory for gaming.
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